A consumer who is suspicious of a pest-control operator should ask to see the operator’s license. Pest-control operators are prohibited from performing certain acts by Chapter 487.

Companies that have operators certified in all four categories may offer total pest-control services; otherwise they may offer only the services for which they have a certified operator.

According to Jonah Ormond, registrar of the toxic chemicals control board, as it stands, there is no person or business licensed to function as a pest control operator.

Illegal pest control operators are increasingly common throughout Florida and other states, posing a threat to people and the environment, according to a University of Florida urban entomologist.

Broward County Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Chief Charles H. Bronson announced Monday the arrest of Carlos E. Morales, an illegal pest control operator in Broward County, who was doing… ...